EPISODE · Jul 23, 2024 · 3 MIN
The Ice Cream Cone Got The Spotlight At The 1904 World’s Fair, But That Isn’t When It Was Invented
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
Today was the day in 1904 that a guy at the St. Louis World’s Fair took a pastry cone, put two scoops of ice cream inside, and changed the dessert world forever. Except that there are a bunch of ice cream cone origin stories from that World's Fair, and also, ice cream cones were around for more than a century before that. Plus: The US Postal Service is remembering game show legend Alex Trebek this year with a stamp that includes a Jeopardy-style clue. Chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla : a history of American ice cream by Anne Cooper Funderburg The Murky History of the Ice Cream Cone (TIME) The USPS Commemorates Alex Trebek With a Forever Stamp in the Form of a ‘Jeopardy’ Question (Laughing Squid) Back our show on Patreon, it costs less than an ice cream cone
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Today was the day in 1904 that a guy at the St. Louis World’s Fair took a pastry cone, put two scoops of ice cream inside, and changed the dessert world forever. Except that there are a bunch of ice cream cone origin stories from that World's Fair, and also, ice cream cones were around for more than a century before that. Plus: The US Postal Service is remembering game show legend Alex Trebek this year with a stamp that includes a Jeopardy-style clue. Chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla : a history of American ice cream by Anne Cooper Funderburg The Murky History of the Ice Cream Cone (TIME) The USPS Commemorates Alex Trebek With a Forever Stamp in the Form of a ‘Jeopardy’ Question (Laughing Squid) Back our show on Patreon, it costs less than an ice cream cone
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The Ice Cream Cone Got The Spotlight At The 1904 World’s Fair, But That Isn’t When It Was Invented
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